262 Moore Park Road Paddington NSW 2021

Alterations to existing dwelling house including artworks for display on the front steps and on the rear lane garage door fronting Leinster Street.

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(Source: City of Sydney, reference D/2016/331)

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  1. H P Walters commented

    As an owner of a property on Moore park road for 30 odd years I have been very impressed with the focus, direction and sensitivity local council has taken when balancing the unique heritage of paddington and the need to embrace modern living and residents rights to live in a dwelling of their choice - but a mural of fish cascading down the front steps of a Victorian Terrace is completely inappropriate! I totally object. Mrs Helen Walters

  2. Paul Runyan commented

    I also very much value the fact that the publicly visible features of houses in Paddington have been so well conserved. However, I strongly support this application.

    Changes to the physical fabric of a building's facade may be difficult, expensive or impossible to reverse. So changes to the fabric need to be discouraged because they tend towards a progressive loss of a neighbourhood's historical character.

    But a paint job is ephemeral. Any paint job can easily be overpainted, and in the longer term it inevitably will be. So painting a house anachronistically doesn't result in genuine loss of historical character.

    Choosing how to paint one's house is one of the few ways that one can affect the aesthetics of the outside of one's house without any loss of historical character. So I don't think we should not be discouraging it.

    How grim if historical character is the only type of character that is permitted.

  3. Mary Maguire commented

    Whilst I am not residing near this property - I feel it's important to ask IF the heritage integrity of the area may be authentically preserved if artistic installations via paintwork are broadly permitted nowmd into the future.

    If the aim is to create an environment that ensures all Homes appear as closely and purely as possible to the era in which they were built - then the answer is no.

    If the primary aim is to conserve architectural integrity then there's room for some creative flair that the next owner may choose to add to, embellish...or remove.

    As this has the potential to deeply affect the character of the area, it's a BIG question.

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